Some Uplinks may be of interest to HD viewers

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JohnH

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• May 19, 2006

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These are not available:

9429 NTGHD ADDED TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 3 at 61.5w

9429 NTGHD ADDED TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 5 at 129w

9435 STZHD ADDED TO Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 3 at 61.5w

9435 STZHD ADDED TO Tp 10 ConUS beam on EchoStar 5 at 129w

9461 HGHD ADDED TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 3 at 61.5w

9461 HGHD ADDED TO Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 5 at 129w

9464 NFLHD MOVED FROM Tp 13 ConUS beam on EchoStar 8 at 110w
TO Tp 20 ConUS beam on EchoStar 3 at 61.5w

9464 NFLHD ADDED TO Tp 10 ConUS beam on EchoStar 5 at 129w

9968 TST43, REMOVED FROM Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 5 at 129w

9969 TST44, REMOVED FROM Tp 22 ConUS beam on EchoStar 5 at 129w

 

Poke

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Hmm interesting..

 

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can anyone with a "special adapter " go over to those channels and see whats there??? and what resolutions were talking about here??? I have to get back to class..

 

Poke

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So HGTV,National Geographic Channel in HD and Starz those 3 would not be bad.

 

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National Geographic HD, right on!

 

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Wow, NTGHD is really a great surprise!!! I never heard anyone mention it before as a possible addition.

 

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StarzHD and NFLHD are of "real" h.264 type. No video feeds on 129 for these yet, just channel description.

National Geographic and HGTV HD are of "fake" h.264 type (meaning mpeg2 video but only available to ViP receivers). Both of these have video streams uplinked on 129. Video is encrypted, so can't check resolution information. Video bitrate is averaging around 11Mbit.

 

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HokieEngineer said:

StarzHD and NFLHD are of "real" h.264 type. No video feeds on 129 for these yet, just channel description.

National Geographic and HGTV HD are of "fake" h.264 type (meaning mpeg2 video but only available to ViP receivers). Both of these have video streams uplinked on 129. Video is encrypted, so can't check resolution information. Video bitrate is averaging around 11Mbit.

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It makes sense that perhaps Starz-HD will be the 1st real H.264 channel. The reason is that it has less subs so if something goes wrong they minimize the impact.

 

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What great news. National Geographich HD is a great surprise. Hopefully, we will see it soon.

 

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HokieEngineer said:

StarzHD and NFLHD are of "real" h.264 type. No video feeds on 129 for these yet, just channel description.

National Geographic and HGTV HD are of "fake" h.264 type (meaning mpeg2 video but only available to ViP receivers). Both of these have video streams uplinked on 129. Video is encrypted, so can't check resolution information. Video bitrate is averaging around 11Mbit.

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In the words of C3P0, "Thank the maker!"

 

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New thread at Avs quoting JohnH's findings, but no credit to him... Here

 

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Attached is the EPG info for the new channels.

 

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dfergie said:

New thread at Avs quoting JohnH's findings, but no credit to him... Here

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Credit is given there. So after this uplink activities happen how long does it take to get the new channels. In other instances how loang has it taken to go from new uplink activity to turning them on.

 

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Thanks For The Pic Hokie!

 

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These are supposed to be active the first week of June.

 

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Cool News! Thanks Scott!

 

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• May 19, 2006

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I heard a few weeks ago they were trying to decide between National Geographic and MHD.

Glad they chose National Geographic.

 

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• May 19, 2006

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NFL HD doesnt have any hd progamming except for the games they plan on showing during the season right?

 

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Yeah MHD would not be bad but the content on NG really shows HD really well.

 

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Chop-Chop said:

Credit is given there. So after this uplink activities happen how long does it take to get the new channels. In other instances how loang has it taken to go from new uplink activity to turning them on.

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Uh, yeah I did... Come on Starz...